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Socialist Party news and analysis
Eleven thousand families were thrown out of their accommodation in the first three months of 2015. This is a 51% increase compared to six years ago
March for Homes, 31st January 2015, London, photo Paul Mattsson
Fight back at the Tory war on youth
Stop the “elites fortifying their power”
Build a movement to defeat the government’s savagery
When Maggie Thatcher first spoke from the steps of Downing Street as prime minister in 1979 she quoted Francis of Assisi, promising to bring harmony and hope. Instead she ruled ruthlessly in the interests of the 1% – the capitalist class. Cameron’s promise last week to rule as a ‘one nation’ prime minister is a lie on the same scale
Labour leadership contest – appealing to big business
The Labour leadership contest begs the question: what is the point of the Labour Party?
Fight Tories’ new ‘anti-extremism’ law
The Tories plan to announce a raft of new ‘anti-extremism’ powers for the state in the Queen’s Speech on 27 May alongside their proposed scrapping of the Human Rights Act
State and big business spied on activists
The general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Matt Wrack reacted angrily to the news that police undercover agents had spied on him at anti-racist activities during the 1990s
Socialist Party workplace news
Support the National Rail walkout over pay and jobs
RMT and TSSA transport members set to take the first national train network strike in two decades for 24 hours from 5pm on Monday 25 May Update 21.05.15: strike suspended
Striking Newport RMT signals workers, photo Socialist Party Wales
FBU debates how to combat Tory onslaught
At the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) conference and various fringe meetings, delegates were trying to come to terms with the Tory majority government, further austerity and attacks on trade union rights
All-out pay strike forces Labour council back to table
The all-out indefinite strike for fair pay and grading by 70 Glasgow homelessness caseworkers, now in its eighth week, has brought the Labour council back to the negotiating table with a meeting planned on 20 May
Defend NHS pay: Nurses could strike if the Tories’ talk of a “seven-day NHS” results in attacks on unsocial hour and weekend working payments, according to the leader of the Royal College of Nurses, Dr Peter Carter
International socialist news and analysis
US: Bernie Sanders calls for ‘political revolution’
Presidential campaign needs to build independent political power: Boldly calling for a “political revolution” against the “billionaires and oligarchs” who have hijacked the political system, Bernie Sanders, the only self-described socialist in Congress, has launched an insurgent campaign for president
Socialists have led a successful struggle to increase the minimum wage in Seattle, photo 15 Now
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Election aftermath: anti-Tory austerity protests
Protest reports from Sheffield and Bristol
Sam Moorecroft addresses Sheffield anti-Tory rally
Cheapskate council screws up election ballot!
Medway TUSC’s outstanding performance in the local elections has been ignored by the Tory press, but they’ve wasted no time in focusing on a freak result in Rainham North where TUSC candidate Paul Dennis polled an impossible zero votes
Build up resources to fight the Tories
The Socialist Party election appeal has now raised £73,000, with a further £8,000 pledged. This reflects enormous enthusiasm for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition challenge, and pride in the Socialist Party’s role in building TUSC
Management thrashed in academies debate
One highlight of the TUSC Llanelli election campaign was an unexpected ‘bus canvass’
Socialist Party comments and reviews
Russell Brand’s ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’
Helen Pattison reviews The Emperor’s New Clothes, the latest film starring Russell Brand and directed by Michael Winterbottom
Russell Brand leads protesters on the New Era estate demo outside Westbrook offices in Mayfair, photo Paul Mattsson
Save our ‘life saver’ libraries!
Protecting libraries is an important part of Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) campaigning. In Bristol, the independent mayor plans to close seven. Scandalously these cuts were fronted by the Green assistant mayor
Tories rig exams to favour rich students
I recently wrote a letter to Mr Neil Carmichael, Stroud’s Conservative MP, about my concerns surrounding A-level reform – but was fed an unsatisfactory automated response
